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Tip Pooling and Tip Credit Compliance: A Guide for New York Restaurant Owners

New York restaurant owners must navigate complex tip pooling and tip credit regulations to ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws. Failure to follow these rules can result in lawsuits, back wages, and penalties....more

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How Will the Election and Recent Legislative Trends Impact Tipped Wages? 4 Developments for Hospitality Employers to Watch

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There’s been a lot of buzz about tipped wages as Election Day approaches – and hospitality employers will want to track key proposals that may have a huge impact on pay practices. Former President Trump and Vice President...more

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Massachusetts High Court Clears Way for Ending the Tip Credit: What Do Bay State Restaurant Operators Need to Know?

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Massachusetts voters will decide this November whether employers may continue taking a “tip credit” and paying tipped employees below the state’s standard minimum wage. While restaurant industry representatives fought to keep...more

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Can Restaurant Hosts Share in the Tip Pool? Top 5 Questions for Employers that Take a Tip Credit

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Many restaurants utilize tip pools to encourage teamwork, consistency, and customer-focused service – but you may be confused about who can and can’t participate in the pool. You feel confident that your servers and...more

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Dear Littler: How Do Restaurants Without Table Service Handle Tips?

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Dear Littler, We operate sandwich shops in a couple of states. Although we have tables, we don’t have table service, and customers pick up food at the counter themselves to either take out or seat themselves at our...more

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CDF Wage and Hour Task Force Monthly Tips - “Tips on Tips”

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In the restaurant/service industry, gratuities (To Ensure Prompt Service or “tips”) motivate individuals to seek employment. Everywhere you turn, even if you did not receive any real service, workers are seeking tips....more

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Restaurant Owner Learns Dangers of Comingling Employees Between Locations – 4 Lessons for Hospitality Employers

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Federal wage officials recently announced that two Florida restaurants with common ownership failed to properly calculate overtime pay when their employees worked at both locations in the same workweek – sending a stark...more

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Tips, Tip Pooling, and Tip Credits: What is a Restaurant Legally Allowed to do with its Tips?

Employees in a restaurant setting often receive tips, and employers often take a “tip credit” toward the minimum wage that they have to pay (allowing the employer in Arkansas to pay $2.63/hour to the tipped employee if the...more

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4 Reminders for Employers After a Texas BBQ Chain’s $900K Tip Pooling Mistake

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Employers in the restaurant and hospitality industries know it’s a common practice to ask workers to share gratuities. Tip pools can promote teamwork and a better customer experience – but they can also land you in hot water...more

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Is Your Tip Credit A Ticking Time Bomb? An Employer’s 10-Step Wage and Hour Action Plan for 2022

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With the government’s final rules on the tips provisions of federal wage and hour law becoming effective just weeks ago, employers will be challenged with ensuring they have a plan to address the rules’ impact on their...more

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DOL’s Final Rule on Tipped Employees Takes Effect December 28th

Beginning December 28, 2021, employers must pay tipped employees the full minimum wage for periods when non tip-producing work is performed for a substantial amount of time, in light of a new Department of Labor (DOL) Final...more

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Department of Labor Releases Final Rule for Tipped Employees

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Tip Credits under the Fair Labor Standards Act - The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally permits employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum hourly wage, provided that the tips the employee receives are...more

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Restaurant Industry Alert: DOL Issues Final Rule Modifying Tip Sharing

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On September 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its latest rule related to tip pooling. The rule modifies and clarifies aspects of a rule previously issued by the Trump administration. ...more

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Tipped and Non-Tipped Work Back Under the Microscope

The old “80/20 rule” is back again for tipped workers under the latest proposed Final Rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) last month. Employers in the service industry, especially those employers who take a tip...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Hospitality Employers Would Have to Rethink Assignments Based on New Tip Credit Interpretation

The seemingly never-ending battle over interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit provision took another turn Monday. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued proposed rules that would set...more

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Tipping Points – DOL Issues New Opinions About Paying Tipped Employees

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Days before the January 20, 2021, presidential inauguration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), under the outgoing administration, issued a flurry of new regulations, rules and opinion letters that could significantly impact...more

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Department of Labor Issues Two Tip-Related Opinion Letters in Final Days of Outgoing Administration

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On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor issued two opinion letters addressing tip-related issues.  The first, FLSA2021-4, addresses whether, and in what circumstances, a restaurant that takes a tip credit for its...more

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U.S. Labor Department Adopts Final Tip Credit Regulations

On December 22, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued final regulations effective February 21, 2021, implementing changes to its policies regarding tipped employees. The rules expand circumstances under...more

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DOL Issues New Tip Regulations: Will 2020 Be The Last Year Of 80/20?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Just before the holidays, the Department of Labor’s Wage-Hour Division issued its final pay regulations governing tipped employees. The final regulations, which were published December 22, 2020 and will...more

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Sharing is Caring: DOL Expands Tip Pool and Dumps 80/20 Rule

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Executive Summary: On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule regarding expansion of tip pool sharing and limitations on the 80/20 rule....more

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2021 State Minimum Wage Increases

Several states’ minimum wage rates will increase in 2021. The following chart lists the state (and certain major locality) minimum wage increases for 2021 - and future years, if available - along with the related changes in...more

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Fourth Circuit Reminds Employers the Commissioned Worker Exemption Does Not End Tip Pooling Claims

Hospitality industry employers continue to battle with employees over the proper calculation and distribution of tips under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Last month, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North...more

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DOL Proposed Rule Abolishes 80/20 Rule

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On October 8, 2019, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued long awaited rules that could have a significant impact in the restaurant industry. The proposed rules would broaden employers' abilities pay tip credit wages for...more

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Changes in store for tipped employees: DOL proposes host of new tip regulations

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On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations governing the wages of tipped employees, specifically, tip credits and tip pools....more

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U.S. Labor Department Proposes Rules to Expand Use of Tip Pools

Last year, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to clarify circumstances under which employers can require employees who receive tips to share (or pool) those gratuities with other employees. Last Tuesday, the...more

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